K Major

Interesting. Not familiar with his body of work or WKU for that matter. I assume he is worth a look?

hagan714

Yes we have

So stop screwing around. Bucannon is the man! glad to see i was not all that crazy about adding another SS.

Since when is Kenny a FS? he is more of a rover safety back there than a FS or SS. that is what he does best. the saints may have come up with a new safety sub listing

Queen of the beauty show at the combine. none prettier. Best of show hands down.

NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Deone Bucannon

Bucannon is 6-foot-1, 211 pounds. He finished his college career ranked among the Cougars’ all-time leaders in tackles (384) and interceptions (15). He never missed a game, which given his style of play, speaks volumes about his durability.
Deone Bucannon

FIND ME A BETTER PRODUCTION RECORD PLEASE

He can not get the love. They are bigots !!!!!!! SS that can out play FS? Impossible. they are IDOTS

Byrd + Deone has a solid chance of becoming the best ball hawking Satey combo in the NFL. Then to have Kenny running around doing his thing with Bush sprinkled in ... it is a dream come true. who says 4 safeties can not take the field at the same time?

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

exile

Source: Arkansas kicker Zach Hocker worked out for Colts, Cardinals, Eagles, Saints | National Football Post

A second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, the 6-foot, 191-pounder set school records for points and points by a kicker (354), field-goal percentage (77.2), point-after touchdowns (171), point-after attempts (173) and field goals converted (61).

WillSaints81

I really do not want to use a first round pick on someone who can't start right away.

jeanpierre

Saints have history of finding hidden treasures | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

jeanpierre

Re-grading the 2011 NFL Draft: The time I gave Christian Ponder an A - CBSSports.com

"New Orleans Saints

2011 grade: B-minus

The skinny: They landed defensive end Cameron Jordan with their first-round pick, 24th overall, and he has become a top player. That's value. They also traded back into the first round to get running back Mark Ingram, who hasn't lived up to expectations. Third-round pick Martez Wilson was let go last season and is now with Dallas. They got nothing else from this draft.

How I did: I liked the pick of Wilson in the third round. Oops. I questioned the move to trade back into the first round to get Ingram, and that has played out. My third-day gem was pass rusher Greg Romeus, who was coming off knee surgeries, but he didn't work out.

Re-grade: C-minus"

Yeah, it's Prisco, but that was not a fruitful draft...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

lee909

Not sure this article will post correctly from phone. If not worth a look on bleacher report


Zach Mettenberger Among NFL Prospects Who Reportedly Failed Combine Drug Test
USA Today
May 5, 2014

Former LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger and former Florida State defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan were among a group of 10 players who reportedly failed their drug tests at the NFL Scouting Combine in February.*****

Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, with assistance from a report by ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio, has the news:*

The top prospect on the list was*Florida State*defensive tackle*Timmy Jernigan, who is projected as a mid first-round selection. Another big name was Louisiana State quarterback*Zach Mettenberger. ProFootballTalk.com first reported that Mettenberger tested positive for having a diluted urine sample, which would count as a failed test under the NFL's drug program.

Ian Rapoport of NFL.com later confirmed the report on Jernigan and Glazer added more details on his failed test:



Other players on the list include LSU defensive tackle Anthony Johnson, Miami tackle Seantrel Henderson and Florida State linebackers Telvin Smith and Christian Jones.*

Jernigan showed flashes of both*dominance*and inconsistency while recording 63 tackles and 4.5 sacks for the Seminoles last season, but he was downright dominant against Auburn in the national championship, creating consistent disruption on the interior.*

The 6'2", 299-pound defensive tackle has always had the talent, but that performance boosted his stock into first-round territory. Many still aren't sold, however, and Rotoworld's Josh Norris recently said he wasn't a first-rounder:*


Adding a red flag may just solidify that fact.*

As for Mettenberger, his physical therapist, via Florio, is claiming that his diluted sample was the result of the rehabilitation process for his torn ACL:

(Mettenberger) was experiencing frequent muscle cramping during the day as well as at night while trying to sleep. (He was advised to drink) as much as 1 to 1.5 gallons of of water per day, to increase his consumption of foods high in potassium, and to increase his sodium intake.

"The kid didn't do anything wrong," agent Joe Linta added, via CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora. "He was doing what the doctor told him to do."

According to Florio, a diluted sample is still treated as a positive sample.

Although Mettenberger is coming off a serious injury, he thrived in Cam Cameron's NFL system as a senior and*continued to improve his stock during April's pro day. Still, Bleacher Report's Will Carroll argued that this development combined with his injury should keep him out of the first-round discussion:*


A second- or third-round choice is most likely for Mettenberger.*

CBS Sports lists Smith as another potential second-round pick and Johnson as a fourth-round prospect, while there's a chance Jones and Henderson won't hear their names called.*

A failed drug test isn't going to make or break a career, but it's hardly a red flag that NFL teams want to see just three days prior to the start of the draft. It's often little things like this that sway teams on the fence one way or the other.*

It remains to be seen how this news will impact the players involved and the interested teams around the league on draft day. After a long pre-draft evaluation process, we won't have to wait long to find out.*

"Two receivers to the left, Garcon to the right. Manning in the shotgun, puts Collie in motion. Looks in his direction...it's picked off! It's picked off! It's Tracy Porter again! He's runnin' free! He's gonna go all the way!

jeanpierre

I'm hardly a Mettenberger fan, but a diligent patient 'over-hydrating' during rehabilitation is very common...

There's got to be a more conclusive process to determine substance abuse - which I find inexcusable when giving the gift and privilege of playing in the NFL...

lee909

Wasn't so much Mettenberger I was interested in but the two Florida State LB's. It doesn't say what there reason for failure. That test could be the final nail in Henderson's hopes. Huge talent but no mentality to work it seems

jeanpierre

DT Timmy Jernigan was also on list for "diluted sample"...